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Shell’s Arctic drilling plans go from bad to worse

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Ben Ayliffe

In another example of why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, has run aground off the island of Sitkalidak, near Kodiak in Alaska. Continue reading →

Posted in Global warming, Oil industry | Tagged #savethearctic, arctic, oil, oil rig, Shell | 4 Comments
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